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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 5:10

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him. Elisha asserted the dignity of his office. Naaman was "a great man" ( 2 Kings 5:1 ), with a high sense of his own importance, and regarded the prophet as very much inferior to himself. He expected to be waited on, courted, to receive every possible attention. Elisha no doubt intended very pointedly to rebuke him by remaining in his house, and communicating with the great man by a messenger. But there is no ground for taxing him with "priestly pride,"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 5:11

But Naaman was wroth … and said. Not unnaturally. As a "great man," the lord on whose arm the king leant, and the captain of the host of Syria, Naaman was accustomed to extreme deference, and all the outward tokens of respect and reverence. He had, moreover, come with a goodly train, carrying gold and silver and rich stuffs, manifestly prepared to pay largely for whatever benefit he might receive. To be curtly told, "Go, wash in Jordan," by the prophet's servant, without the prophet himself... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 5:10

Elisha was not deterred from personally meeting Naaman because he was a leper. He sent a messenger because Naaman had over-estimated his own importance 2 Kings 5:11), and needed rebuke.And wash in Jordan - Compare the marginal references. A command is given which tests the faith of the recipient, and the miracle is not performed until such faith is openly evidenced. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 5:11

He will surely come out to me - In the East a code of unwritten laws prescribes exactly how visits are to be paid, and how visitors are to be received, according to the worldly rank of the parties (compare 2 Kings 5:21). No doubt, according to such a code, Elisha should have gone out to meet Naaman at the door of his house.And call on the name of the Lord his God - literally, “of Yahweh his God.” Naaman is aware that Yahweh is the God of Elisha. Compare the occurrence of the name of Yahweh on... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 5:9-10

2 Kings 5:9-10. Naaman stood at the door of the house of Elisha Waiting for Elisha’s coming to him. And Elisha sent a messenger, &c. Which he did partly to try and exercise Naaman’s faith and obedience; partly for the honour of his religion and ministry, that it might appear he sought not his own glory and profit, but only God’s honour and the good of men; and partly for the manifestation of the almighty power of God, which could cure such a desperate disease by such slight means. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 5:11

2 Kings 5:11. Naaman was wroth Supposing himself to be despised and insulted by the prophet. And said, Behold I thought, &c. Herein he gives us an example of the perverseness of mankind, who are prone to prefer their own fancies to God’s appointments. Big with the expectations of a cure, he had been imagining how this cure would be wrought: and the scheme he had devised was this: He will surely come out to me That is the least he can do to me, a peer of Syria; to me, who am come... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:1-27

More miracles of care (5:1-6:7)Syria was Israel’s most powerful neighbour during Elisha’s lifetime, and was a constant source of trouble around Israel’s borders. When the Syrian army commander Naaman approached the king of Israel with a request to be treated for leprosy, the king of Israel interpreted this as a trick by Syria aimed at creating war (5:1-7). Elisha, however, saw it as an opportunity to reveal God’s power to the military commander whom God was preserving to lead Syria against... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 5:10

Go and wash. Compare John 9:7 , and other commands: "Go, call" (John 4:16 ); "Go, sell" (Matthew 19:21 ). wash = bathe (ceremonially). See note on Leviticus 14:9 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 5:11

I thought. Compare 2 Kings 5:15 , "Now I know". Human thought and Divine certitude. strike = wave, move, or pass. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:10

RECEIVING ELISHA'S COMMAND; NAAMAN LEFT IN A RAGE"And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May... read more